OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a Littleton man was recently arrested for assaulting his step-brother. The article states that the defendant was arrested in Ashland following a family argument. The defendant and his step-mother reportedly got into a verbal argument. During the argument,…
In a recent case, Doe, Sex Offender Registry Board No. 380316 v. Sex Offender Registry Board, the Supreme Judicial Court changed the standard of proof applicable to classification determinations by the Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB), discarding the existing “preponderance of the evidence” standard in favor of the more stringent…
The Appeals Court recently issued a new decision, Commonwealth v. Everett, which clarifies the trial court’s ability to dismiss a valid criminal complaint. In Everett, a Boston Municipal Court judge dismissed a legally valid criminal complaint against the defendant, which charged him with operating a motor vehicle after his license…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a thirty-two year old Milford man got into a physical altercation with his eighteen year old niece earlier this week. The article states that the niece had been kicked out of her mother’s house and was staying at her grandmother’s house.…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a twenty-three year old Groton woman was recently charged with attacking her boyfriend. According to the article, the defendant was traveling in a car with her boyfriend on the Mass Pike. The boyfriend was talking on the phone with another woman…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a Woburn woman was arrested on larceny and drug charges this past week at the Marshalls located at Shoppers World. The store security officers were allegedly familiar with the woman because she had been involved in thefts at both Marshalls and…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a Framingham man allegedly attacked his ex-girlfriend after he found out that she was dating someone new. The article states that the man and the alleged victim were romantically involved but that the relationship had ended. According to the article, the…
A number of different news outlets have reported that a 25 year-old man was stopped near the Boston Marathon finish line due to his suspicious behavior on April 15th, 2014, the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. According to the various news reports, passers-by told a police officer…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, an Ashland woman was arrested earlier this year after allegedly threatening and assaulting a man. The article states that the woman and her boyfriend were staying at the alleged victim’s house in Framingham. The alleged victim reportedly noticed that his prescription Klonopin…
According to an article in the MetroWest Daily News, a 23 year-old Framingham woman attacked a former co-worker in Wayland earlier this year. The defendant is a professional dog walker. The alleged victim in the case was reportedly a former employee of the company, but was laid off because of…